Declassified UFO / UAP Document
THE A.P.R.O. BULLETIN - JULY, 1964
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This document is a July 1964 issue of the APRO Bulletin, detailing various UAP sightings and criticizing the U.S. Air Force's official explanations. It highlights specific incidents involving radar tracking, physical traces, and alleged military cover-ups.
The July 1964 issue of The A.P.R.O. Bulletin serves as a compilation of reports, editorial commentary, and investigative updates regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). The document details several specific incidents, including a disc-shaped object sighting in Arkansas, a landing in Canyon Ferry, Montana, and a landing on the North Range Extension of Holloman Air Force Base. The bulletin highlights the Air Force's tendency to dismiss these events as hoaxes or natural phenomena, such as dust storms, while APRO investigators argue that the evidence—including radar tracking, physical ground indentations, and the use of electronic recognition signals—points to intelligently controlled, unconventional aerial objects. The publication also features correspondence between a constituent and the Department of the Air Force, in which the Air Force reiterates its stance that no evidence exists for extraterrestrial vehicles under intelligent control. A significant portion of the bulletin is dedicated to the editorial philosophy of APRO, which advocates for continued independent research and analysis, while expressing skepticism toward the efficacy of public mail campaigns to Congress. The document also includes historical accounts of sightings from 1933 and 1963, reinforcing the organization's long-term interest in the subject. Throughout the text, the authors emphasize the need for objective, scientific investigation and express concern over the perceived lack of transparency from military and government authorities regarding UAP matters.
The Air Force has copies of 'The UFO Evidence,' a publication of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). The publication is a voluminous collection of reports, facts, opinions, excerpts of investigative reports and correspondence all designed to support the conclusion of NICAP that UFOs are a problem of National import.
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Official Assessment
Air Force suggests natural phenomena such as dust storms or hoaxes.
APRO maintains that UAP are intelligently controlled vehicles and that the Air Force is withholding information or providing inadequate explanations.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Dr. J. A. HynekConsulting astrophysicist for the Air Force
- Lt. Col. H. L. NewfieldDirector of Base Operations at Malstrom
- William E. PoeColonel, USAF, Congressional Inquiry Division